# Arkansas Code § 12-12-1805 (2024) — Practice and usage data preservation > *Verbatim extract of Arkansas Code Annotated § 12-12-1805, the public-reporting section of the Automatic License Plate Reader System Act (Title 12, Subtitle 2, Chapter 12, Subchapter 18), as reproduced by FindLaw from the Arkansas Code. This section defines the "practice and usage data" that Conway PD treats as the public-versus-non-public dividing line in `PD-2026-477`.* ## Source metadata - **Publisher:** FindLaw (Thomson Reuters), reproducing the Arkansas Code. - **URL:** https://codes.findlaw.com/ar/title-12-law-enforcement-emergency-management-and-military-affairs/ar-code-sect-12-12-1805.html - **Placement:** Title 12 → Subtitle 2 → Chapter 12 → Subchapter 18 (Use of Automatic License Plate Reader Systems). - **Archived:** 2026-05-22, retrieved in a browser (Playwright) and saved as a print-to-PDF capture of the FindLaw page. See `ark-code-12-12-1801.md` for the retrieval-method note. - **Wayback snapshot:** https://web.archive.org/web/20260522223715/https://codes.findlaw.com/ar/title-12-law-enforcement-emergency-management-and-military-affairs/ar-code-sect-12-12-1805.html (saved 2026-05-22 via Save Page Now). ## Extract **12-12-1805. Practice and usage data preservation.** (a) An entity that uses an automatic license plate reader system under § 12-12-1803(b) shall: (1) Compile statistical data identified in subsection (b) of this section every six (6) months into a format sufficient to allow the general public to review the compiled data; and (2) Preserve the compiled data for eighteen (18) months. (b) The preserved data shall include: (1) The number of license plates scanned; (2) The names of the lists against which captured plate data were checked; (3) For each check of captured plate data against a list: (A) The number of confirmed matches; (B) The number of matches that upon further investigation did not correlate to an alert; and (C) The number of matches that resulted in arrest and prosecution; and (4)(A) Promulgate rules and policies concerning the manner and method of obtaining, retaining, and destroying captured plate data, including without limitation specific rules and policies concerning retention of material in excess of one hundred fifty (150) days under § 12-12-1804(b) and make those rules and policies available for public inspection. (B) Failure to comply with subdivision (b)(4)(A) of this section shall be grounds for a court of competent jurisdiction to exclude any evidence obtained under this subchapter. ## Notes - **Tier 2 — primary public record.** Codified text of an Arkansas statute; see `ark-code-12-12-1801.md` for the source-tier and currency rationale. - **Currency.** FindLaw states this section is current as of March 28, 2024. - **Investigative relevance.** This section is the public-reporting requirement of the Act: the every-six-months "practice and usage data" compiled "into a format sufficient to allow the general public to review" it. Conway PD's `PD-2026-477` letter rests its withholdings on the distinction between this compiled § 12-12-1805 data (which the Department treats as public) and "individual Flock Safety platform records" (which it withholds). The enumerated data points in subsection (b) — plates scanned, lists checked, confirmed matches, matches not correlating to an alert, matches resulting in arrest and prosecution — are the same fields a semi-annual LPR report records (see the Conway PD semi-annual reports in `PD-2026-354` and `PD-2026-477`). - **Cited by:** see the `citing_pages:` frontmatter above.